Job 10:1-16

1“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.

3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

4Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?

5Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,

6that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin—

7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?

8“Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

9Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?

10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,

11clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?

12You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.

13“But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

14If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.

15If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in Or and aware of my affliction.

16If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.